John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Heron Bay is heading into the home stretch. WCI Communities Inc. announced Tuesday that it's developing the last two neighborhoods at the roughly 1,700-acre master-planned community in northwest Broward County. Hawthorne will feature 60 homes, while The Estuary will have 46. Both subdivisions will be built along Hillsboro Boulevard, next to Heron Bay's north entrance. Prices will range from the $500,000s to more than $1 million. Sales for the three-, four- and five-bedroom homes are expected to start early next year. After Hawthorne and The Estuary, only scattered lots for custom homes will remain, said Jon Rapaport, division president for WCI. "I don't want...

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